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Oct 31, 2018

Woman survives 6 days in Arizona desert after car crash

A 53-year-old woman survived six days in the Arizona desert on grass and
water after crashing her car, before being rescued by a rancher and
highway workers who were chasing a cow, police and local media said on
Wednesday (Oct 31).
The woman, whose name was not disclosed, lost control of her car on Oct
12 on a rain-slicked road near Wickenburg, Arizona, about 105km north of
Phoenix, according to the Arizona Department of Public Safety.

The car plunged about 15m down a ravine, "landing in a mesquite tree,
where it remained suspended above the ground", DPS reported.

Seriously injured from the crash, the woman remained in the car for
several days before climbing out and trying to walk to a nearby railway
line for help, the DPS reported.

She made it more than 450 metres before collapsing in a dry river bed.

On Oct 18, rancher Dave Moralez, 30, and a road maintenance crew were
working to corral a cow on US Highway 60 when they noticed a break in
the fence near the road.

They saw the mangled car below, and when they climbed down, found footprints leading from the vehicle.

They followed the tracks and discovered the severely dehydrated woman,
her eyes swollen, wearing a T-shirt, shorts and flip-flops, suffering
from broken ribs, a dislocated shoulder and a head injury, Moralez told a
local NBC affiliate.

"I don't know if she could have made it there another night," Moralez said.

Rescuers called for a helicopter and the woman was airlifted to a hospital.